FreeStar performs multi-tech cable survey for TenneT
FreeStar Subsea Services and its project partner Seekable have completed a subsea survey campaign for transmission system operator TenneT. The two companies mobilised multiple survey technologies aboard FreeStar’s vessel Navicula Star to inspect power cables off the...
‘Safe working with mooring lines needs a turnaround in thinking’
Accidents caused by parting mooring lines are common in the shipping industry. Following the investigation into the fatal incident with a crew member of the RN Privodino, the Dutch Safety Board comes with several recommendations. Most notably, they advise a new way of...
The battle of Salamis
The KNVTS has a proud tradition to connect its vision on the future with a view on the historic past of shipbuilding practice. Time for the chair of the KNVTS Ship of the Year Committee Rien de Meij to take a step back and reflect on the idea of “vision”. Here is the...
Hydrogen powered drone rises vertically from sailing ship
Together with the Netherlands Coast Guard and the Royal Netherlands Navy, researchers from Delft University of Technology have developed a drone that flies on hydrogen, can stay in the air for hours and can take off and land vertically. 'This brings maritime...
Proman Stena Bulk orders third methanol-ready vessel
Proman Stena Bulk Ltd has finalised an agreement to build an additional vessel under its joint venture partnership. The methanol-powered Stena Prosperous will join the Stena ProPatria and the Stena ProMare in the Proman Stena fleet in H2 2022. Each vessel will use...
Charter rates keep rising
Charter rates for multipurpose vessels keep rising bit by bit since the sudden fall at the beginning of the year. Day rates increased by 114 dollars to USD 6,729 this month, Toepfer's multipurpose shipping index shows. The day rates have recovered 5.5% since their low...
IQIP and TU Delft to reduce underwater noise of pile driving
IQIP’s Blue Piling Technology reduces underwater noise levels by creating a gentler blow, when compared to conventional impact hammers, to install offshore monopiles. Small-scale and model tests by IQIP and the Delft University of Technology are to improve this...
Kidnapped crew of Seatrade ship released
The 2 crew members of the Dutch reefer Water Phoenix of the Groningen shipping company Seatrade have been released. The seafarers were kidnapped by pirates while sailing off the coast of Lagos on 8 September and have been held captive since then. This was reported by...
Heerema Marine Contractors puts an end to Angolan joint ventures
Heerema has sold its shares in Heerema Porto Amboim (HPA) to its joint venture partner and liquidated Heerema Marine-Sociedade Angolana de Transportes (HMT). According to the company, the joint ventures are no longer economically viable due to the ongoing poor market...
CMA CGM’s first 23,000 TEU LNG container ship en route to Rotterdam
CMA CGM's Jacques Saade is expected to arrive in Rotterdam for the first time Wednesday evening, 11 November. The container ship is also the first LNG-powered vessel with a capacity of more than 23,000 TEU containers on board. The Jacques Saade will arrive at RWG in...
Huge order for Concordia Damen: 40 inland LNG tankers for Shell
Concordia Damen has signed a contract for 40 eco-friendly dual-fuel barges with institutional investors advised by J.P. Morgan Asset Management. The vessels will have LNG propulsion and extreme shallow draught capabilities – 2800 tonnes on 3.25 metre draught – to...
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